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UNirnn STATES Barnnr @einen NINIAN H. DOLSEN, OF OHATHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,074, dated December '7, 1880.

' Application filed J une 30, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NINIAN HOLMES DOL- SEN, of Chatham, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented a certain new and Improved Kitchen-Cabinet; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had `to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view, Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section; Fig. 3, a view ot' the drawer containing the water-can, and Fig. 4. a view of the slotted partition upon which the dough-pan rests.

My invention relates to improvements in kitchen-cabinets; and it consists in certain details of construction and arrangement ofparts, whereby myimproved cabinet is adapted to the raising of bread, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

The cabinet A is divided, by vertical partitionsaa,intothreecompartments,BOD. One of the side compartments, B, is furnished with shelves b b, and closed by a hinged front door, b', fastened by a lock, latch, or button, b2. The other side compartment, D, is provided with a hinged cover, d, and with an opening covered by a slide, d', in its bottom. The compartment D is designed for a meal or flour chest, and the slide is to facilitate the entire emptying and cleaning of it when necessary. The compartment B may be used for storing articles of food, or for other purposes, as may be desirable. The middle compartment, O, is divided, by tight horizontal partitions c c c2, into a series of several smaller compartments, E F G, which series extends from the bottom nearly to the top, as shown, and may consist of as many subdivisions as may be considered desirable. Each of these lower subdivisions is closely fitted with drawers sliding accurately and tightly between the partitions a c at the sides and the horizontal partitions at top and bottom, so that when the drawers are closed they will be covered tightly by the horizontal partitions, and thereby all bugs or other vermin will be excluded from them.

On the upper partition, c, slides a drawer, K, containing` aiwater-oan, L, which is filled at a neck, L, that may be left open or closed by a cork or stopper. The can is designed to be lled with hot water and placed in the drawer, in order to keep up the temperature of' the dough in the raisingpan M above. To secure freev radiation from the hot-water can it rests upon blocks or projections m m, and is held from contact with the sides by other blocks or projections, m', thereby affording airspaces and a free circulation of the radiant heat from every side. The dough-pan rests upon bars or a slotted partition, N, above the can; or any other suit-able means of support may be adopted, if preferred. A thermometer, O, is arranged near the can to indicate the temperature of the bread-raisin g compartment of the cabinet. The back of the cabinet eX- tends above the level of the top of the compartments BC D, so as to form a rear ange or upwardly-projecting wall, P, the upper edge of which may be in any ornamental shape or design, as preferred. Tothis back or to a projectin g rib or shelf, Q, affixed thereto,is hinged a cover, R, having a downwardly-projecting flange, r, which, when the cover is closed, lits tightly around the outer edges ot' the top of the compartments B D, but leaves an open space, i", over the front side of the middle compartment, O. This open space can be closed by means of a door, S, hinged to the upper edge of said compartment O and shutting upward against the cover 1t, to which it may be fastened, when closed, by any suitable means. By opening the door more or less the condition ofthe dough may be ascertained, the thermometer read, and the temperature regulated. l

In order to better control the temperature the door or any part of the cover lt on its lange 1* may be provided with an air opening or openings closed with a register-slide.

4It will be seen that the construction here described provides two spaces or compartments, T, under the cover lt when closed, one of said spaces being over the compartment D and the other over the compartment B, and that both of these spaces communicate freely with the middle space, in which the dough-pan is arranged. The object of these spaces is to accommodate pans in which the process ot' raising the bread is finished, suoli finishing part of the process requiring less heat than the initial part. It' preferred, these spaces T IOC may, one or each, be separated from said middle space by a partition having an adjustable communication with the central space, whereby their temperature may be accurately controlled, and they may have separate airregisters to admit cold air, if desired. The process of starting the yeasty fermentation may thus be commenced in the middle space and concluded in either end space, or continued in one and concluded in the other at different temperatures, as may be desired.

The various drawers may be partitioned off at pleasure. The pan may be provided with the usual lifting-ears or any other means for convenien tl7 inserting; and removing it. The door S may, if preferred, be hinged to the cover R so as to open upward. All the doors,

drawers, and covers may close upon beveled edges to insure greater tightness, if desired.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with the kitchen-cabinet A, having the compartments B O D, hanged cover R, door S, and spaces T T for the raised bread, with an intermediate space for the bread to be raised between them, ot' the drawer K, can L, blocks m m', slotted partition N, and raising-pan M, the whole constructed and operated in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

N. H. DOLSEN.

Witnesses A. ANDREW, F. STORM. 

